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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by vetinari on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @07:19AM (#35800938)
> The equivalent for this on iOS or Android would be allowing opening links in a different browser and web view engine.

In Android, all my links open in Firefox. I don't see any issue there. Might serve as an inspiration to Microsoft ;)

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by maccard on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @07:21AM (#35800962)
I have that setting set, and various links open in chrome instead of firefox for me.
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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by vetinari on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:10AM (#35801359)
Maps open links in Firefox for me; Gmail by default in-process with webview, but that is disable-able in settings and then it opens links in the default browser. For the google search widget, I don't use it, but after a quick check yes, it does use webview too, but also has the option to open in browser.

I've not seen anything opening in Chrome for years, if ever.

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by maccard on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:41AM (#35801694)
> I've not seen anything opening in Chrome for years, if ever.

Except for the things that you just said open in the chrome webview, right?

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Re:MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge a... by vetinari on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @08:55AM (#35801826)
It is not chrome webview. It is android webview. Yes, it is similar to chrome engine, but it is not chrome. Just like edge is not chrome.

It is also per-app choice. If an app decides doing something in a particular way, it is not the system's fault -- some reddit readers do the same, for some reason. For now, apps do have preferences to open in browser instead, and that option respects the default one.

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